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William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...

The Reverend Jacob Brinton Smith, DD Was Born March 1, 1822. He Was Ordained Deacon on December 25, 1845 by The Right Reverend Bosworth Smith, Bishop of Kentucky, Who Was Presiding Bishop From 1865 to 1884. In 1867, The Reverend J. Brinton Smith...

In 1867, Edmund Asa Ware became the Freedmen's Bureau superintendent of education. He helped to establish Atlanta University. As president of the Board of Trustees, Ware became president in 1869 of the new institution, Atlanta University. he...

Ella Sheppard oftern considered the backbone of the group, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 4, 1851. Her father was operated a livery stable in Nashville, purchased his freedom for $1800 and purchased Ella's freedom for $350. He tried...

Henry Allen Boyd Was Editor of Nashville Globe Newspaper From 1905-1959. Napier and Boyd Successfully Helped to Persuade the State to Build the Negro State Normal School in Davidson County. A Member of the Nashville's Negro Board of Trade, Boyd...

Margaret M. Washington (1865-1925). Class of 1884. Booker T. Washington's third wife. Helped found the Tuskegee Woman's Club and the National Association of Colored Women (1896). Edited the Association's main publication, National Association Notes...

Myrtilla Miner’s school was inactive for a lack of funds between 1860 and 1871. A bill considered in the US Senate to incorporate the Institution for Colored Youth in Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 1863. This institution incorporated in 1863.
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President Eugene Clark had major concerns over the inadequacy of library facilities and collection. During the 1930s, The school's accreditation by the American Association of Teachers Colleges (AATC) was jeopardized because of these deficiencies,...

Black and white portrait of Emma N. Mayberry, Southern University's first Director of Home Economics. She also started the first sorority chapter on the campus of Southern in 1932. This sorority is: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

The Morehouse School of Medicine Center for Sports Medicine Research is Established With a Donation From Atlanta Olympic Committee. The Morehouse School of Medicine Helped to Combat AIDS Through a Symposium in San Juan and a Project in Zambia. ...

The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is October 1898, no. 94.